Ticket-punch.



R. P. STEVENS. TICKET PUNCH. APPLICATION FILED JUNE1L1913.

1,1 12,573. Patented 0013.6,1914.

WITNESSES: IN VEN TOR.

. RALPH drums THE NOR RIS PETERS 6b.. PHOm-LITHQ, WASHING TON, u. c.

RALPH P. STEVENS, OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA.

TICKET-PUNCH.

Application filed June 11, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatl, RALPH P. SrnvnNs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Stanford University, in thecounty of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented a new anduseful Ticket-Punch, of which the following is a specification in suchfull and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art toconstruct and use the same.

This invention relates to a ticket or check punch, and its object is toproduce a small but compact punch capable of being made very cheaply andso constructed as to be capable of producing several difierentcharacters, and which is provided with a receptacle for the punchings toprevent them from being scattered upon the floor or carp An embodimentof the invent-ion is shown in the drawings which are upon a larger scalethan is contemplated for the actual machine and in which the samereference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but I amaware that there are many modifications thereof.

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of the complete punch,Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the punchlooking in the direction inclicated by the arrow, Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is aside elevation of the receptacle for the punchings, and Fig. 5 is a viewshowing one of the characters and the die used in conjunction therewith.v

The numeral 1 represents a spring steel strip bent into a U shape andhaving the ends thereof bent out to form two substantially cylindricalboxes 2 and 3. The upper box 2 is inclosed on one side as indicated at 1and has the die cylinder fitting snugly therein. This die cylindercomprises a steel die strip 5 secured to two disks 6 and 7, the latterhaving holes therein to permit the clippings to be dropped out of thebox while the former has lugs 8 pressed therein adjacent each dieopening to enable the dies to be accurately set, the lugs taking in turnin a notch in the edge of the box 2 in the proper position to hold thedies opposite the punch. A screw 9 extends through the side of the box 2and is connected with the die box to hold the latter in place, said boxbeing removable at the side of the box 2. Secured to one of the arms ofthe strip 1 is a stripper plate 11, said stripper plate havingSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Serial No. 773,043.

its outer end bent downwardly as indicated at 12 to prevent the paperfrom being inadvertently placed in the wrong position.

The box 8 has the die block 13 therein, said die block carrying aplurality of male dies 1i extending radially therefrom. This die blockis so placed with respect to the box 3 that its dies extend out of thebox on one side thereof, a screw 15 holding it in the given position.This screw is secured to the die block and carries a plate 16 on theoutside thereof which bears upon a plate 17 forming one end of the box3. The latter plate has openings therein in which lugs 18 on the plate16 take in thereby enabling the user to set the male dies in the preciseposition desired to punch any given letter or character. It will beunderstood that the plate 17 and the plate forming the exposed side ofthe female die box are each lettered to enable the user'to know what twodies to bring together to produce the desired character.

It will be understood that while the two cylindrical boxes supportingthe male and female dies respectively are shown secured to a singlestrip of metal, that any suitable means may be used for their support.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows,modifications within the scope of the claims being expressly reserved:

1. A punch comprising a pair of cylinderlike receptacles, a springsecuring said receptacles together, a revoluble male die block carriedwithin one of said receptacles, a revoluble female die box within andhaving substantially its entire periphery in contact with the interiorof the other receptacle, the outer surface of said female die box lyingin substantially the same plane as the inner face of the spring to whichsaid receptacle is secured, and a circular cover secured to the femaledie having lugs on the side thereof to engage notches in the box to holdthe die in a given position.

2. A punch comprising a pair of cylinderlike receptacles. a springsecuring said receptacles together, a revoluble male die block carriedwithin one of said receptacles, a revoluble female die box within andhavin substantially its entire periphery in contact with the interior ofthe other receptacle, the outer surface of said female die box lying insubstantially the $211118 plane box and hold the male die in a givenposias the inner face of the spring to which said tion.

receptacle is secured, a stripper plate secured In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set to the spring and extending between the two my handthis 6th day of June A. D. 1913, in

female die having lugs on the sides thereof nesses.

to engage notches in the side of the die box RALPH P. STEVEN to hold thedie in a given position and a "Witnesses: plate connected to the maledie and having 0. P. GRIFFIN,

1O lugs on the side thereof to engage the die L. H. ANDERSON.

Copies or this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

receptacles, a circular cover secured to the the presence of the twosubscribed wit 1.;

